Here I try to summarize a lot of the information available on the MSDN website for the Always Encrypted feature being launched in SQL 2016. The primary concept […]
SQL 2016 – Setting up Always Encrypted
A quick Step by step guide on setting up always encrypted on the server as well as the client, and a quick approach on migrating existing tables to […]
SQL 2016 – In-Memory OLTP enhancements
A bit late in the day but I am still posting the changes to In-memory OLTP that are proposed for SQL 2016. Why? In-memory OLTP in SQL 2014 […]
SQL 2016 – Possible bug in temporal tables
I am not sure if this has been raised before, it seems like a very common scenario that I am sure most people will encounter but I wasn’t […]
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SQL 2016 – Temporal Tables the way we are most likely to end up using it
In this post I am quickly going show how to convert the existing tables into temporal tables. This is a common requirement I expect we will all encounter […]
SQL Cuppa Sessions
If you have been following me on LinkedIn recently you must have seen this update. Looking forward to having some fun SQL conversations, especially on what people think […]
SQL 2016 – TempDB Optimizations are enabled by default Woot!!
Last year I had spent a decent amount of time writing about tempdb. With SQL 2016 a lot of those point are validated and enabled by default going […]
SQL 2016 – sys.dm_exec_query_stats upgraded version
This is one the most frequently used DMVs for DBA when troubleshooting performance issues and MS has been adding more columns to the DMV with every release. In […]
Sample Script for Partitioning
First we create the database Then we create the file and partition schema and function Then we bind the table with the Schema
SQL 2016 – Updatable Non Clustered Column store indexes
This might some as a big relief for those who use ODS for Reporting. Previously we have the following limitations with the below types of indexes Clustered Index […]